carbonated, a.
(ˈkɑːbəneɪtɪd)
[f. mod.L. carbonātus, -um, or F. carbonaté, f. L. carbōn-em; see carbon n.]
† 1. Reduced to carbon, carbonized; burnt black; covered with carbon. (Cf. carbonate v.1 1.)
| 1799 Kirwan Geol. Ess. 249 Coal, and bituminous and carbonated wood. 1825 in Hone Every-day Bk. I. 883 Blacksmiths are super-carbonated. |
† 2. Chemically combined with carbon; carburetted. Obs.
| 1797 Henry in Phil. Trans. LXXXVII. 402 The heavy inflammable air..is termed, in the new nomenclature, carbonated hydrogenous gas. Ibid. 409 The carbonated hydrogen. 1805 Brande ibid. XCVI. 96 Mixed gases, consisting chiefly of carbonic acid and carbonated hydrogen. |
3. Chemically combined with carbonic acid; made into a carbonate.
N.B. Carbonate of lime, soda, ammonia, etc. were originally called carbonated lime, soda, ammonia.
| 1803 Sir H. Davy in Phil. Trans. XCIII. 269 The carbonated alkalis. 1805 W. Saunders Min. Waters 43 The mild or carbonated ammonia, will decompose all the earthy salts by double affinity. Ibid. 50 Carbonated soda is readily procured. Ibid. 280 A wine pint of Pyrmont water contains—Of oxyd of iron ·56; carbonated lime 4·46; carbonated magnesia 10·03. 1808 Henry Epit. Chem. (ed. 5) 135 This water..will effervesce with carbonated alkalis. 1887 Pall Mall G. 16 Dec. 11/1 To separate the carbonated lead from what remains of the metallic. |
4. Impregnated with or containing carbonic acid gas.
| 1858 Geikie Hist. Boulder viii. 144 Formed by the percolation of carbonated water. 1875 Ure Dict. Arts III. 1098 Acidulous or carbonated waters are characterised by an acid taste, and by the disengagement of gas. 1876 Page Adv. Text-bk. Geol. ii. 48 Highly carbonated atmosphere. |